I was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana in 1932.
As a young boy I grew up in my Grandmother’s house at 4920 Alexander…………about a half a block from the Midway Theater. I spent many hours going to the movies there while growing up……
The owner’s mane was Mr. Whitehead……….I remember that he wold always stand in front of the theater, he always had one of his hands in his trouser pocket shaking the coins in his pocket…During those late 1930’s and early 1940’s the Midway Theater gave dinner wear to patrons who bought admission into the theater………
Seating was segregated in the theater with Negros’s seating on the left side seating and the white’s seating in the middle and right side seating of the theater…
There were ushers directing patrons to their seats and kept order in the theater during showing of the movie….
I did have a job working for the Midway Theater…I handed out ‘Handbills" around the neighborhood informing them what movies were to be playing……..
my pay was free admission into the theater and a box of popcorn…………
If any members of your website has any photo’s of the Midway, and once called the Mars Theater I would appreciate getting copies of them
This is a really special Website..thanks for all you do for movie buffs like me………
I enlisted in the military in 1953……Visited back in 1958………..Things had really changed but my memories of the old days there have never changed…
John (Spirovich) Alex
I was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana in 1932. As a young boy I grew up in my Grandmother’s house at 4920 Alexander…………about a half a block from the Midway Theater. I spent many hours going to the movies there while growing up…… The owner’s mane was Mr. Whitehead……….I remember that he wold always stand in front of the theater, he always had one of his hands in his trouser pocket shaking the coins in his pocket…During those late 1930’s and early 1940’s the Midway Theater gave dinner wear to patrons who bought admission into the theater………
Seating was segregated in the theater with Negros’s seating on the left side seating and the white’s seating in the middle and right side seating of the theater…
There were ushers directing patrons to their seats and kept order in the theater during showing of the movie….
I did have a job working for the Midway Theater…I handed out ‘Handbills" around the neighborhood informing them what movies were to be playing…….. my pay was free admission into the theater and a box of popcorn…………
If any members of your website has any photo’s of the Midway, and once called the Mars Theater I would appreciate getting copies of them
This is a really special Website..thanks for all you do for movie buffs like me………
I enlisted in the military in 1953……Visited back in 1958………..Things had really changed but my memories of the old days there have never changed…
John in Montana